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Natrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Cushendall, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 7 cm
Description

Mass of fine natrolite needles up to 0.6cm in length cover the display face of a basalt matrix. Many of them have what appear to be coated micro-analcime crystals impaled on them.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Peter Crozier Minerals